French nurse to receive experimental Ebola treatments

France has announced that a French nurse infected with Ebola while in Liberia was given experimental medicines immediately after her return home on Thursday night, amid expanded international measures to combat the deadly virus.

French Health Minister Marisol Touraine confirmed that the nurse, a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders, had been transferred to the Bégin military hospital on the outskirts of Paris soon after her arrival from Liberia.

“She is currently in a confinement chamber and has dedicated staff looking after her," Touraine said.

The minister announced France had “exceptionally” authorised the importation and use of several experimental drugs to care for Ebola patients.